Mirra Andreeva has accused Andy Roddick of ‘ruining everything’ for her after the American disclosed the hilarious truth about an old commercial that hyped up his famous serve. Roddick, a former No. 1 and the 2003 US Open champion, retired in 2012, and is still widely regarded as one of the greatest servers in the history of tennis.
19-year-old Andreeva, the reigning Roland Garros women’s singles champion, recently featured as a guest on Roddick’s Served podcast. Here, the Russian, laying bare how she is working towards emulating Roddick’s serve, recalled a 2006 Powerade commercial in which an incredibly powerful serve hit by the American appeared to lead to the ball getting stuck in a clay court.
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“I’m working towards serving like you. When you served the ball into the court and that stayed inside of the clay court, I felt that, and I’m trying to work towards that,” Andreeva told Roddick.
The American soon revealed the truth of the commercial to the youngster, saying:
“So Mirra, what you just referenced is fake. The ball didn’t get stuck. It was a commercial. It was a secret for a long time. They cut the top of the ball off. It wasn’t even clay. They painted it orange, and then they put makeup around it.”
Shocked by the revelation, a disappointed Andreeva replied:
“You’ve just ruined everything for me. Oh my God! Wow! I’m a little bit disappointed to be honest, but okay, it’s the truth.”
“I can’t even stand it” – Andy Roddick’s candid 2020 take on ‘fake’ commercial
In a 2020 appearance on Tennis Channel, Andy Roddick touched on the 2006 Powerade commercial that Mirra Andreeva referenced recently during their interaction on the American’s podcast. Roddick expressed his dislike of the commercial, saying:
“There are so many fake parts about this video that I can’t even stand it. This was a Powerade commercial. So this is as real as Michael Vick (former American football quarterback and present-day coach) throwing a football out of the stadium. This is as real as, I think it was Kelly Slater (American surfer) surfing during a typhoon.”
He further added:
“The fakest part about this is that is not even a clay court. That’s actually the hard court at Delray Beach, which we always see the tour event (Delray Beach Open) played on. They painted it orange and there was a half of a ball, and a makeup artist made it look like it got stuck to the clay court around it.
Andy Roddick’s serve helped him to 32 ATP Tour-level singles titles during his playing days, including the 2003 US Open as well as five Masters tournaments.
Edited by Sudipto Pati
